Urban farming has been hot for quite some time. Amsterdam-based architecture institute ARCAM will present an exposition about the potential of urban farming for sustainable food production, food culture, and social cohesion. … And they’ve built a ‘Farming the City’ bicycle App for iPhone & Android, using NAi’s UAR platform.
Farmingthecity.net, an online urban agriculture platform, will be launched in March. CITIES has been working on this project for the past year, setting up UA projects, interviewing everyone involved in UA in Amsterdam, organizing events, mapping UA activities, and creating the online platform. The platform will deal with practical issues and regulations, provide maps, data and information about available and unused lots, and connect different players in the UA field, in order to take urban agriculture in Amsterdam to the next level. The launch event will take place at ARCAM.
There is also going to be a Farming the City walking tour in NAi’s 3D Urban Augmented Reality app, available for iPhone and Android.
(and a longer version in Dutch >>)